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In Vienna 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange invention, The Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton. The crowds adore the Turk, and the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured. But, when a beautiful Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion.
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The Secrets of the Chess Machine, Robert Löhr
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The Secrets of the Chess Machine
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Löhr
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0670916358
- ISBN13
- 9780670916351
- Description
- In Vienna 1770, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange invention, The Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton. The crowds adore the Turk, and the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured. But, when a beautiful Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion.